"The PFA does not represent players when they have broken the law and been convicted on non-football matters."- Gordon Taylor in 2009 following Marlon King's release after a prison sentence for sexual assault & ABH

The sheer gutted feeling of having a goal in the last minute disallowed and then losing out on penalties after said goal was disallowed in the League 2 play off final 2 seasons ago is far superior to any disappointment i've felt when England have lost except for possibly France 98 against Argentina.

But the respective highs are different, when we got promoted it was with a sense of inevitibility having been in the top 3 for months, whereas when England do well in a competition it's within a matter of weeks so it's a more intense feeling.

Originally Posted by cpr

3. Although Cow Tipping is a hilarious student game in backwater towns such as Bangor, there really is no need for Mitchell to cover one side of the cow in superglue

Well I used them as an example, but going by what you said, how did France and Italy draw each other, as with Ukraine for the qualifiers for the next European Championships?

I don't know how they worked it, but, for the next Euros, there are no play-offs and the top 2 of each group qualify automatically, so there will, in theory, be two strong teams in each group. Ukraine were probably unseeded.

I mean where else can you get buried in a coffin of your clubs colours, or go and spy on the players to see which nightspot they are visiting...

Glasgow Rangers for a start.

Penetrate beyond the bigotry and you find people who are incredibly fanatical about their club, and their former heroes (likewise the same fanaticism exists with Hoops fans I know - and they're just as bigoted).

The other week, 10,000+ of them came down to Derby to see a friendly for Ted McMinn (the former Rangers and Derby God who lost a leg last year in a bizarre bacterial accident), swelling the gate to 33475 - amazingly, the record for any match at Pride Park.

Given that we are never going to win the World Cup, its a pretty moot point for Aussies. Therefore - The Ashes. I'd feel bad for Brazil and the others who live, breathe, love and die by their football - Australia has plenty of niche sports we dominate in and which make us feel happy, we're just really happy to be at the party in Germany I think.

Originally Posted by Irfan

We may not like you, your filthy rich coffers or your ratbag scum of supporters but by god do we respect you as a football team